I have spent half a century on the planet so have a lot of friends, classmates, cousins, friends who have spent similar amounts of time on planet earth. I have a lot of friends who are runners, and cyclists too. A few days ago one young friend was cribbing about the price of petrol. [...]
With real estate in a boom over the past few years, one thought that crosses peoples mind is to use ‘Home Equity’ as a Retirement Plan. Good idea? Feels so. At least at this juncture, however like all assets it has its ups and downs. Let us look at what I mean. What is Home [...]
It is really a pleasure to write – I address an audience of 3 million views – from 139 countries. This is not small by any stretch of imagination. However, along with that it means I get mails asking me for help in investing. The questions are more like: – I am 45 years of [...]
what is the Indian Institute of Ponytail Management worried about? it is worried about people knowing that it is NOT recognised. Is it really a problem? No. As long as parents BUY seats such institutes will survive. Sorry make it thrive. One Armstrong (translate to Hindi) runs an institute in a prime suburb of Mumbai…but [...]
I am normally a right wing guy….and an out and out capitalist. So if somebody came to me and said ‘should i write the PO exam’ I would scoff at them… Not any more…For those of you who saw the PO Job announced by SBI – 1500 jobs – you will know why. Details: Age [...]
I started off as a fan of Meru cabs – largely using it for airport trips initially. In fact at one point Meru became an addiction especially in Delhi and Bengaluru. In other cities Meru became very useful especially because I had no clue about distances and the geography. Then Meru started looking more and [...]